Why are we deporting heroes?

12:48 PM,
Jul. 14, 2014

Written by

David Person

While the undocumented Dreamers, immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, wait to become citizens, the Obama administration finally has decided that Dreamers with critical skills will be able to enlist in the military. This policy change not only gives some of them a chance to serve our nation, it also fast-tracks them to get their U.S. citizenship.

The White House deserves credit for this policy change, but it's hard to reconcile its willingness to have undocumented immigrants fight for our nation only to detain and deport some of them once their service is over. Banished Veterans, an ...